Flowering Now - April 2009

[Paul T]

 

[Armin]

On Good Friday last year I took a photo of my Pulsatilla vulgaris "Rote Glocke".
It was iced...We had a snowstorm with frost and hail.
But it has developed quite well

Some more white stuff...
Pulsatilla vulgaris...
The Magnolia stellata is superb this year. No frost have damaged the flowers.
And my frits...

[Gerdk]

You've been very busy Gerd ! 
What a gorgeous Viola beckwithii ?  Never heard or seen it before - very elegant !!

It seems you are also very busy Luc! Thank you for the compliments concerning Viola beckwithii - I would like it flowers as freely as your Pulsatilla!
Gerd

Armin
Fine Pulsatilla vernalis!

Gerd

[Hristo]

Gerd,
Your violas are FAB, I love Viola alba-cretica!

[Lvandelft]

So many beautiful plants shown here, Luc ,Armin etc. and a wonderful series of Viola by Gerd.

Luc, I remember that we grew this Primula, which we had under the name cv. Adrian?
It was a very good grower, but I found the color not so good.
I had every year one customer (trader) who bought a lot of it. He came from Belgium (any guess??)
It seemed that the Belgian liked this color but I could not sell it in Holland, nor in Germany or Switzerland.

This specific variety we acquired when we bought a whole bunch of micro propagated varieties from a nursery who bought them from
an English propagator, but could not sell them here.
So we got them really cheap which was good for our business.
I remember a few of the other Cultivars we acquired this way like : Blue Velvet, Brazil, Vulcan and marginata Hyacinthia.

[Lori S.]

And, with a couple of warm days, the crocuses have started to spring up!  No varieties of particular interest, but a delight to see after the winter!
Also Colchicum kesselringii, just a tiny baby, planted last year.  I'm somewhat disappointed... I'd hoped to see the purple striping on the outer petal bases.    (On the other hand, I'm pleased... a first spring-flowering colchicum - wow!)
Colchicum kesselringii
Crocus tomassinianus?
Crocus vernus
Crocus chrysanthus

[Maggi Young]

Yeah! The spring is really getting into stride now, isn't it? 
So appropriate to have all these wonderful pulsatillas.... Pasque flowers...... to show at Easter....

[maggiepie]

Wow, I go to bed and wake up to all these beauties.

Gerd, your violas are wonderful, especially the Beckwithii, I am still waiting for germination of my seed.
I also really like your Caltha palustris.

Luc, your Pulsatilla slavica is simply beautiful.

John, the Symplocarpus is a new one for me, I bet you can't wait for your 'Dawn' to open, I so love the scent of viburnums.
Both of my scented ones suffered broken branches this year. I would like to get Dawn too.

Armin, your pulsatillas are wonderful, I wonder why they are not more popular in nurseries here.

[TC]

I noticed this hiding in a corner of the greenhouse.  The bulbs were obtained for 20p in one of the "cheapie" house and garden stores at the end of November. All bulbs were five packets for Ģ1.00 so we stocked up.  The amaryllis were more expensive at 50p !  I must admit that I had not come across a yellow muscari before.  This one is called " Golden Fragrance" and lives up to its name.

[Maggi Young]

Interestingly enough, this form of Muscari macrocarpum, marketed under the name 'Golden Fragrance', was mentioned this week in our local newspaper by Jim MacColl as being " a new variety of grape hyacinth, Muscari "Golden Fragrance". Mark it down for next year."
Seems you have beaten him  to it, Tom?!! 

[tonyg]

Great pulsatillas Armin!  Here in the UK Good Friday saw good pulsatillas too.  Here are a selection of seedlings.
Two townsendias; Townsendia parryi and Townsendia condensata both from seed collected by SRGC stalwarts Mike and Polly Stone

[hadacekf]

Super shots from everybody.
Some photos from my garden.

Gentiana verna ssp. tergestina
Pulsatilla vulgaris red
Tulipa humilis Black Base
Anemone blanda
Fritillaria montana (Group)

[johnw]

Leucojum vernum ssp carpathicum here yesterday. Crocus 'Violet Queen' (violet?) and a forced Crocus tomassinianus "Ruby Giant" (ruby?).

Iris 'Katherine Hodgkins'.

johnw

[mark smyth]

Tony G I love your two Townsendias. I've has them both and killed both 

[Renate Brinkers]

It is the best time of the year, isnīt it?
Everyday you walk through the garden you see new flowers which havenīt been open yesterday.